SPIRAL BOUND — How can a broader and more complex understanding of ideas and voices become meaningful in teachers' and students' lives? The mission of IEC is to help this happen. — Drawing on current writings and thinking about a wide range of cultural diversity issues, this collection provides and overview of the many ways in which the opportunit... more »ies of a multicultural society are embraced and explored. . . .

These readings were selected to give teachers an introduction to both the terms of debate over bradening curriculm and the tools with which to participate. The selections are only a sampling of the kinds of information and resources available. We hope they will enable teachers to begin or continue opening their classrooms to new perspectives that can eliven student's thinking and engage their interest in the multiplicity of voices representing the culture of the US today. The goal is to present for teachers a range of options from which they can choose the best possible examples to support theri teaching.

We have chosen these pieces because we fell each of them either advances the discussion, suggests a better way of teaching or adds a necessary resource. . . .« less